The Rangers’ physical winger had a response on Friday to Cal Clutterbuck, the Islanders’ agitator who made a disparaging remark after his team beat the Blueshirts 3-1 on Thursday night at Barclays Center. In that game, Glass made a chicken-flapping gesture toward Clutterbuck for not fighting, and Clutterbuck said afterward Glass wasn’t doing it at Isles enforcer Matt Martin, implying he was afraid of Martin.

According to the website, which documents NHL fights, the most recent time Martin and Glass fought was on Jan. 23, 2014, when Glass played for the Penguins. There were two more fights between the two on record, as well, going back to 2011.

As the Rangers prepare for a weekend back-to-back road trip against the Flyers and Capitals, starting Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia, the next time the Islanders are on the schedule is March 6, seemingly a long time away.

This tiff with Clutterbuck started when the Isles’ fourth-line wing was tussling with the Rangers’ skill players, Mats Zuccarello and Derick Brassard, behind the play. Clutterbuck also got into a verbal spat with Rangers trainer Jim Ramsay. Clutterbuck had said he and Ramsay “go back a long way,” but a Rangers representative said Friday the two don’t know each other at all.

That all led to the end of the second period, when Glass got on the edge of the bench and made his flapping gesture at Clutterbuck.

“It’s just calling him out,” Glass said. “He’s the toughest guy ever when it’s Brassard and Zuccarello — and Ramsay — and I come around and he’s a mute. So it’s chicken. He wants to fight the little guys. He supposed to be physical player, a gritty player, then he’s just silent when someone that actually might do something comes around? That’s not how the game should be.”

It also helps that it was the Rangers-Islanders rivalry, with both teams jockeying for playoff position — but that wasn’t the determining factor for Glass’ actions.

“I can’t say I’m doing it because it’s the Islanders,” Glass said. “I’d do it to anyone who acts like that in that situation.”

Defenseman Dan Girardi is likely to play on Saturday afternoon, having missed Thursday’s game with what he guessed was “eight or nine” stitches on his right thumb. Coach Alain Vigneault said if in the morning Girardi was shown to be healthy enough to play, rookie Dylan McIlrath would come out.

The plan is for goalie Henrik Lundqvist to get the start in Philadelphia, then backup Antti Raanta to start on Sunday afternoon in Washington. Raanta hasn’t played since getting mop-up duty in Nashville on Dec. 28, and hasn’t started a game since Dec. 17, when he suffered a concussion when he took a puck to the mask in Minnesota.

Vigneault said rookie forward Oscar Lindberg was likely to return to the lineup, and although no final decision was made, it looks like either Viktor Stalberg or Jayson Megna would come out.

This is the “Mothers’ Trip” for the Rangers, with mothers of 19 players — and including Kevin Klein’s sister, there to help their mother who is on crutches with a broken foot — making the trek to Philadelphia and then on to Washington for Sunday afternoon’s game. The Rangers have done raucous “Fathers’ Trips” in the past, but Vigneault has done the Mothers’ Trip before.

“Having done this before, we’re going to have a group that’s on its best behavior,” Vigneault said. “Usually when the fathers are there, it’s the fathers that we need to watch a little bit more than the guys.”

The players, of course, are appreciative.

“It’s great to have them here,” said Lundqvist, whose mother traveled from Sweden to be there. “We all understand that we wouldn’t be here without their support. I’m very grateful that they do this.”